Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Sesamum.

Key Points

• Seasame is a Rabi crop in South India.
• It is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum and in India, it is smaller in numbers.
• Another species of Sesamum is S. Indicum.
• Sesamum is also known as Benne.
• The mustard plant is a plant species in the genera Brassica and Sinapis in the family Brassicaceae.​

Additional Information

• Finger millet (Ragi)
  • Millet is a collective term referring to a number of small-seeded annual grasses that are cultivated as grain crops, primarily on marginal lands in dry areas in temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions.
  • Some of the common millets available in India are Ragi (Finger millet), Jowar (Sorghum), Sama (Little millet), Bajra (Pearl millet), and Variga (Proso millet).
• Barley
  • Barley is cultivated as a rabi season crop in Rajasthan.
  • It is sown in October-December and harvested from March to May.
• Wheat
  • It is a Rabi crop generally sown between October & November harvested between April & May.

• COCOMO prescribes a three stages process for project estimation
• In the first stage, an initial estimate is arrived at; Over the next two stages, the initial estimate is refined to arrive at a more accurate estimate
• COCOMO uses both single and multivariable estimation models at different stages of estimation
• The three stages of COCOMO estimation technique are basic COCOMO, intermediate COCOMO, and complete COCOMO

Note:

COCOMO stands for Constructive Cost Estimation Model.

Functional cohesion:

A module is said to possess functional cohesion, if different functions of the module co-operate to complete a single task.

Example of Functional cohesion

A module containing all the functions required to manage employees’ pay-roll displays functional cohesion

As the total distance between A and G is equal to E and D i.e. 20 km. So BD = 20 – (10 + 1) = 9 Km.

Hence, the distance between B and D is 9 km 

The correct answer is Bahlul Khan Lodhi.

Key Points

• Bahlul Khan Lodhi is the founder ruler of the Lodhi Dynasty.

Additional Information 

• Lodi Dynasty (1451 to 1526)
  • Bahlul Khan Lodi (1451-1489 AD)
    • He was the founder of the Lodi dynasty.
    • He served as the Subedar (Governor) of Lahore and Sirhind during the reign of Muhammad Shah.
    • He tried to re-establish the greatness of the Delhi Sultanate, hence he had recaptured the areas around Delhi.
    • His most successful war was against the ruler of Jaunpur "Mahmud Shah Sharki".
    • The territories conquered by Bahlol Lodi were Mewat (Ahmed Khan), Sambhal (Dariya Khan), Kol (Isa Khan), Suket (Mubarak Khan), Manipur and Bhongaon (Raja Pratap Singh), Rewari (Qutub Khan), Etawah And Chandawar.
    • In 1498 AD, the able son of Bahlol Lodi, Nizam Shah, came to power in the name of "Sultan Sikandar Shah".
  • Sikandar Shahi (1489-1517 A.D.)Ibrahim Lodi (1518-1526)
    • He was the most qualified of three Lodi rulers who had conquered the king of Bihar and Tirhut.
    • Sikandar Lodi expanded his empire by conquering areas like Dholpur and Chanderi.
    • He kept a strict vigil on his nobles and jagirdars and strictly suppressed the rebellion carried out by them.
    • He had established an efficient espionage system and also arranged for the checking of government accounts.
    • He reduced the restrictions placed on trade, which boosted the economic prosperity of the people. For the measurement of agricultural land, he introduced a "Gaja-e- Sikandari" (Alexander Yard)  or 32 inches.
    • He shifted his capital from Delhi to Agra, which was established by him.
  • Ibrahim Lodi
    • Ibrahim Lodi was stubborn and intolerant which were not good qualities in a ruler.
    • Nobles were killed cruelly and many nobles were humiliated by Ibrahim Lodi.
    • He also treated his son Dilwar Khan Lodi cruelly.
    • Invasion of India was done by Kabul ruler, Babur, at the behest of Daulat Khan, a very powerful noble from Punjab.
    • In the 1st battle of Panipat in the year 1526 A.D, Ibrahim Lodi faced defeat at the hands of Babur